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( ( J I 3 Tuesday, March 19, 1935 University of Ncbrcska-Lincoln Vol, 84 No. 128 - I' it j! VcMhcr: Sunny and a bit coder today with a hlqh of G1 (16C). Cloudy tonight with a low of 33 (1C). Even cooler cn Wednesday but still spring liko with a high of 55 (13C). Showers possibfo Icier in tha weak. C:5 Erutacfce rDUiy fJ:trr:-;-n fa O, Dnnn if Eooape to tiie rireat outaooro ...Pages u "1 f r 1 r v i I 7 v y L J !- I I i i Professors dictate aumaance voiwi By Ad Ilc wlsr i;it News Editor meeting all come requirements. But professors usually are the peo- l w.'uj uca-vui oivuk . Cm wjio Uiiimsieiv GcuTie meir own J class attendance policies at UNL attendance policy. And, Thereon said, is mat m v .1 n.. ' - - pg he only clear-cut rale about lere is no clear-cut rule, several university educators agree. What penance students must make depends on their professojs. Profes sors have their own answers to whether attendance is necessary for all students, even those who get A's on all tests and whether it should affect students' final grades. Norman Thereon, UNL law profes sor and president of the Faculty Senate said it's up to the students. it is usually up to that professor to tell his or her class what this attend ance policy is. Although professors' policies differ, scnie departments have stricter standards than others. The English department is an example. Linda Rcssiter of the English department's main office said that English profes sors tend to be mere strict becsise their classes usually consist of about SO people, siid without good tttend ance, "yea can have a pretty lousy discussion." "It's their money," Thorson said. "If they want to come to class, fine. If "On the college tevei, they (prcfes- thcy don't, fke. But a student's expe- scrs) don't want the ct:::1cr.ts if rience is differeEt if they have they're not gsir to cone to class," attended dass." ' ' Eossiter said. . Yon walk into an empty class and . you feel lilte-someone 'spit miyoii.' r w V ' town Uwswtifihii Ut&tmiien Rtek SlEnrv, a gair pgfdiogy masJor, ttkdics feelers dssss la Lev Uhrsxy asdl&rtes. Charles SiubMeSeld, an English professor, has a different opinion. "There are no excused absences in my class," he sad. "It doesn't matter if your grandmother dies or not I can't give guy credit for attending bis grandmother's funeral" Another professor's cpirdoa: "Students miss out on a lot of val uable dassrocm time that b part of th-3 msturifil process," said G. G. Mdse's, dean of the College of Aits and Sciences. However, Meisels did sny students can learn a lot just by reading class material. The schedule-of-classes book given to students at pre-registration time briefly lists some attendance guide lines. It stresses that: O Students are responsible for attendance. 0 Neither absence nor a notifica tion of absence relieves students of Some professors flunk students cn poor attendance alone. If students neglect to regularly attend a class, professors can and often do send out a notice at midterm, warning stu dents that their absences could affect their grade. Les Vhipp, jm English professor, said some professors' feelings are hurt when few students turn oEt for fceir ckssss, and they retaliate with strict attendance policies. 'Tou walk into an empty class and you feel like someone spit on you," Whipp ; V.'' 1 U ! 111? CJ.LC tor lea ty M fa m C a B 11 Si MTA i m fcf m M U W Si K . U H B H I K B t W R' a 1ft i Eob, a UNL ssphemore, dreads rfitha trin to the bathrcoia on Ms ml dvEce fcdl Soar. He ha been dr it far the l&st 10 mmutes. Ea rpirjs becsase he fesorsrs fee's gsir to fkl that burning tin, and it liarts till ... "jesa, a UNL jisicr, feds thit psln mere end rc?3 fica'lat!y. And j-ost hst fdtshafJta dist pain, dee? la hsrfasr tsn . . . EibcrJJesaera Scttel, but thry a wd prcblEa thsi is bscssini n::3 cc;:r.::i s.t UIIL, la K :l :"t L'c:a tcr":"; trcrr.Ut. J d c.-. :3 (CTS's). r.Vs sr:ri i:.:i-c-:.ts ha r.:y hr.'B garicrf-.ca. J's etlcie ia Nev-.'sv.-ed; maganns's Feb. 4 ages' of 15 and 55 will contract STD Issue contained figures about STD's in during their lives, the United States: Two million people got goRor- Each day, about 27,000 people' rheaia 1SS4 tecfchcnS,cMaraydiaeadfei- esntmdssneferacfsm o ipnus uaeaea fcou people I& e""?otas - Three to four nillicn people get ia ISai ktlhtlfslhmi STD's are sureadiaa chlsssydia esd year. " Confirmed cases of AIDS . i . . . u . I? n .fl! J r, 1wr-m ci una m raar ceoria cawesn me Aenurea ussub sjuui wo rcse irca in w ,o -fc f wii . Local statistics show STD's are also cn the rlre. Dick E::r.za, an ecctcr y;12i tie KzItzzIi Sirlz llztlih Depsst- syeptor.13 Isdicste pelvic inHsmma tcry disease. Doth tosses csa lesd to serious feeslUi prsMems, So can other STD's, j - Midwest Red Gross officials to tmpiemem testjor i Tha Asssiiiia Fd Cress will gcnlces for the Esd Cros3 Hid- b-ia testhg Used fcr evldsr.ee cf Dsgisa, ssid cr.e cf the tests will be exrTossre to AID3 sssa, a Bed Cress esei ia KebrasSa, pccslbiy within eddii e!l weaks. K:d Cross techaidass Tfce Feed esd Drxg Al-atetra- used thst time to ksra kcw to ccn- tisa recently llesnssd'to tests far &d the test, ha ssld. possible AIDS expossrs. J&mes L'ssrk,nsdiea! Erector cfbiood Ti 't 'I .a 4 a C'Zl Xt. tin's tnuJndl :ed cases cf gc-rlC ij.ca b th:- ntite rcs3 tzn 2,840 Li It 23 StsJa figures ho that trend cca tinses ia--iSl Diiring the first five rejertsd 423 esses cfg?asr&82, cea psrei to 234 daring tie sane period lwt 't.. im.4i4 w Y Efost cf the professors interviewed agreed that if and when students do skip classes, they miss an important part cf their college education even if those classes derJ mainly with reading material instead of class discussions. Ccatiaaed cn Page 3 Voters support jarbook, new rec center By Gens Gesitrcp Senior Eepevtsr ESbrts to publish an ail-university yesrboek and to construct a nm UNL recreation center will continue, thssks to last week's results of tro referen dum surwp included n the ASUN The Coral'msker Yearbook rir;z? asked students if they would "support an increase cf student fees, less then a dsila, per student, per semester to help Snsnce aa all-Enlvcreltys'es'bse prise fer sisch a toek. cf these who reted sspjcrtei a yes? bock and 418 percent cr 1,341 seli ivl7tfi vvw UUi-.'.1' V' -i
